Talk:Mary Tudor (queen consort of France)

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Anyone else think this article should be moved to something like Mary Tudor (Queen Consort of France) or Mary Tudor (daughter of Henry VII) and Mary Tudor made into a disambiguation page, or even redirected to Bloody Mary who would then have a disambiguation link at the top of her page? I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone on the street who would think of the Duke of Suffolk's wife when presented with the name "Mary Tudor" before thinking of England's last Catholic Queen regnant. If I don't hear from anyone within three days, I'll set about disambiguating.

Incidentally, Bloody Mary's page does already have a link to this page under "See Also", but this seems a little odd to me as this isn't a page really connected with her at all (other than a brief mention that she was named after this Mary Tudor); rather, I'd guess someone knew that a little disambiguation was needed but wasn't quite sure of the best way to go about it.Binabik80 00:02, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

My apologies - I missed the bit about three days. I thought this was such a good idea that I've already implemented it tonight. Ian Cairns 02:32, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Birth date

This article gives her birth date as March 28, 1496. However, tutorhistory.org gives it as March 18. This can't be an Old Style-New Style difference, because the New Style calendar was not in use anywhere in Mary's lifetime. And besides, the (theoretical) difference would be only 9 days in 1496. Are we to take it that there is some doubt about the date of her birth? Rbraunwa 16:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Relations with Anne Boleyn

Part of the article reads:

In France was where Mary and Anne Boleyn became good friends. Mary was left with only Anne after her other ladies in waiting left her. It is possible Anne stayed because King Henry VIII had taken a liking to her. Mary confided many secrets to Anne, one of which was that she was in love with Charles Brandon. Their friendship ended when Anne became Henry VIII's wife. Mary felt sorry for the Queen Catherine of Aragon, some say because she too had to leave the love of her life for marriage.

Does anyone know if the references cited support this (unfortunately, I haven't read them)? Is it really likely that Henry had taken a liking to Anne at this point? She would have only been about 13 or so, and had been in the Netherlands for some time prior to going to France; and according to Alison Weir's Henry VIII: King and Court, the romance between Henry and Anne actually only began in about 1526. And do we know that Mary and Anne became good friends - we certainly know that Mary loathed Anne at a later date (at a point several years prior to Henry and Anne's marriage). Do we know what Mary confided to Anne, if anything?

I'd be in favour of removing this section (unless it can be supported, of course), but as it seems to have been removed and reinstated in the past, I wonder what anyone else thinks? Mrabbits 20:51, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Removed. Mrabbits 13:07, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Why did Mary die at 37?